How to get started with Android Studio C++ development

Question

I heard at Google I/O 15 that Android Studio has now C++ support, the official documentation for the NDK only has instructions for Eclipse.

How does one get started with Android C++ development using Android Studio?

Solution

There is detailed instructions on the Android NDK Preview site.

The gist of it

• Download Android Studio 1.3+
• Install the NDK bundle from Tools > Android > SDK Manager
• Import the hello-jn sample using File > Import Sample (Note: This sample is using the new gradle-experimental plugin)

• Click Run > Edit Configurations... and andd a new Android Native configuration
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• Run and debug your application as usual

A few things to try from there:

• Generate JNI bindings for Native Java function.
• Put breakpoint in native code (with the current limitation that breakpoint on init/onCreate get skipped, should be already fixed in Android Studio 1.4 Preview)
• Give feedback to the team
• Try and contribute to the new sample on GitHub
• Explore the new documentation and API reference.